Ancient tablet suggests Noah’s Ark was round

NY Post ^ | 1/24/14 | Jill Lawless

[Libloather]

LONDON — It was a vast boat that saved two of each animal and a handful of humans from a catastrophic flood.

But forget all those images of a long vessel with a pointy bow — the original Noah’s Ark, new research suggests, was round.

A recently deciphered 4,000-year-old tablet from ancient Mesopotamia — modern-day Iraq — reveals striking new details about the roots of the Old Testament tale of Noah. It tells a similar story, complete with detailed instructions for building a giant round vessel known as a coracle — as well as the key instruction that animals should enter “two by two.”

[Libloather]

The tablet went on display at the British Museum on Friday, and soon engineers will follow the ancient instructions to see whether the vessel could actually have sailed.

Or spun?

[doc1019]

Rub-a-dub-dub, animals in a tub.

[Paladin2]

Makes sense given the mission and math.

[PLMerite]

I like big round ones. Uh, belay that.

[Alex Murphy]

Could this be the origin of Louis Farrakhan's "mother wheel"?

[sopwith]

15 This is how you are to build it: The ark is to be three hundred cubits long, fifty cubits wide and thirty cubits high.[d] 16 Make a roof for it, leaving below the roof an opening one cubit[e] high all around.[f] Put a door in the side of the ark and make lower, middle and upper decks.
Don’t sound round.

[bubbacluck]

I’m pretty sure the bible describes the ark’s dimensions. And it wasn’t round.

[dfwgator]

What’s a cubit?

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

Now once upon a time in a nursery rhyme
Three little men got lost
Like you and me they couldn’t agree
And upon the wave they tossed

Well, I’ll sing their tune ‘cause I got marooned
With the love I can’t forget
Now the three little men just took me in
On an ocean of regret

With a rub-a-dub-dub, three men in the tub
Lost on the ocean blue
I roll like a hub, sing, rub-a-dub-dub
‘Cause you broke my heart in two

Read more: Hank Thompson - Rub-A-Dub-Dub Lyrics | MetroLyrics

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Makes sense. It was just a cork. It wasn’t headed anywhere.

[Nifster]

watch out....those aliens are coming back to get you /s

[GraceG]

It was an alien spaceship carrying DNA samples from every animal species...

[Revolting cat!]

When the earth was flat, it made perfect sense for Noah's Ark to be round.

[mkmensinger]

Riiight...

[taxcontrol]

Depends on long or short cubit. Short cubit was about 44.5 cm and long cubit was about 51.8 cm

[COBOL2Java]

Bill Cosby: Noah

[SolidRedState]

"What’s a cubit?"

A little bit more than a henbit but not quite a tribble.

[dfwgator]

How long can you tread water?

[mkmensinger]

We’re giving away our ages. :^)

[James C. Bennett]

Too bad the unicorns didn’t get their free cruise...